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Will These Replica Classic Car Bodies Reshape The Car Industry? Juncheng Vehicle Co. Is Replicating Icons In China

Several years ago the restoration body parts business went to a whole new place when companies started offering complete bodies for our favorite American classics. 1969 Camaros were one of the first,...

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Use This 3 Step Secret to GLASS FLAT Paint! Kevin Tetz Shares Decades Of Experience That Will Make Your Paint Job A Success

We’ve shared plenty of Kevin Tetz videos over the years around here, and I can tell you that Kevin sure knows what he’s talking about. The number of TV and YouTube personalities that have...

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SUPPORT SURGES FOR LENO’S LAW AS CAR CULTURE DEMANDS COLLECTOR’S RIGHTS: Letters Pour in from California’s Lowrider Community and International Car Rreservationists in support of California SB 1392

We’ve talked about California SB 1392 in the past, and are thrilled that despite not making it to a vote in 2025, the bi-partisan group of California law makers who support it are still pushing...

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How To Fab Headers: Follow Along As The Iron Trap Garage Crew Build Custom Stainless Headers For The Ardun Powered 1933 3 Window!!

Headers are one of those fabrication projects that seem to intimidate a lot of people, and for good reason. If you go at them from the wrong direction, don’t have a game plan in place to start...

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Steve Magnante’s Daily Junkyard Crawl: THIS RARE FIREBIRD FORMULA 350 HAS HAD A HOD ROD LIFE! COME SAVE IT!

It’s time for another Daily Junkyard Crawl with Steve Magnante, and this time it’s another really cool Pontiac. How about a real deal 1987 Pontiac Firebird Formula 350 that has had a few good go...

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Wild Ride at the May 2026 El Mirage California SCTA Meet – The Spirit of AutoPower III Comp Coupe Hits A Bump at 228 MPH!

The Spirit of Autopower Comp Coupe is a pretty radical machine, and a staple in the land speed racing community. This thing is based off a little tiny first generation Honda Civic, but the rest is...

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Outdated, Huh? This LT1 Powered Camaro Is Still Kicking Ass At The Strip!

If you aren’t a fan of the LS engine, but like late model performance and GM in general, there is an option: the 1990s era LT1 350. Found in Corvette, Camaro/Firebird and the big sedans,...

Hitting The Dusty Trail: Honda Gold Wings On A Motocross Track!

The first bike I ever jumped was an early 1980s Yamaha YZ-80. At least, that was the first bike I intended to jump…there was an incident involving a Honda Trail 70 and a stuck throttle that...

Would You Rather: Do You Choose The Classic Restoration Or The Late-Model Restoration?

Here’s an interesting thought for you to consider with today’s round of Would You Rather: the 1988 Chevrolet/GMC truck, the epitome of “sport truck”, is 31 years old....

Money No Object: 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T 440 Six Pack – When You’re Powerful, You Don’t Need Flash

Fender badges for the R/T package and an emblem on each snorkel of the hood calling out the other big, bad earth-shaker that Mopar had for anyone who wanted a fight. After that, this could be your...

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Watch The 1989 NHRA Seafair Nationals In Seattle: Legends Abound, Drama, A Tight Points Chase, and More!

Now THIS was a good race. The 1989 NHRA season was marked by several different factors but the major ones were guys like Warren Johnson, Bob Glidden, Gary Ormsby, Joe Amato, Don Prudhomme, and...

MAHLE Motorsport Introduces Cutting Edge Ceramic Thermal Barrier Coating for PowerPak Piston

Strength, durability, longevity, toughness. These are all aspects that we want and need out of the pistons that go into a high performance engine. MAHLE Motorsport knows and embraces that which is...

Fun Watch: Behind The Scenes Long Form Buick Nailhead Assembly Video From Hagerty – The Work Behind The Time Lapse

We run every single installment of the Hagerty Redline Rebuild videos because they are so cool. We love how they are put together with a level of playfulness and fun while also celebrating awesome...

Videos: Hines, Anderson, Hight, and Billy Torrence Take Home Hardware From 2019 NHRA Sonoma Nationals

The second stop of the 2019 NHRA Western Swing brought the tour through some of the most beautiful scenery in the United States. Sonoma, California was the scene for the 2019 NHRA Sonoma Nationals...

Regular Car Reviews Meets The Tata Nano, And Realizes That Not Every Car Deserves Love

You want a car that all three of us mutually agree to hate? It’s the Tata Nano. Somehow in production for ten years, the little Indian two-cylinder wonderturd underscored everything wrong with...

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Classic YouTube: Ford For 1976 – When The Blue Oval Reached Pinnacle Malaise

Every one of the Big Three touched on every last bastion of the Malaise era traits: at least one gigantic car that was huge beyond huge; a mid-size class car that was still a monster; poser...

The Race Or The Experience? 1320Video Found Out That At Santa Pod, It’s Both!

We’re gearheads and car people first and foremost…if we didn’t have the automotive addiction that everyone who stops by BangShift shares, we wouldn’t be doing this job, now...

Morning Symphony: AA/GS At Byron Dragway – The Gasser Soundtrack!

Old cars, big engines, drivers with big brass ones that clang like church bells when they walk…you’ve heard the stories, read the writings of people who have done a much better job than I...

Money No Object: 1958 DeSoto Fireflite – From Peak 1950s To Dead By 1961

It’s 1958. Chrysler’s Forward Look cars had a barnburner of a year in 1957…but that was before customers started adding the phrase “quality control” to their lexicon as...

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Just Keep Wrenching: Watching Hoonigan’s Audi Come To Life Proves That Patience Is A Virtue

The last time anything was really mentioned about my project Imperial coupe, it wasn’t pretty. In fact, I was back on the fence about ripping out the engine, transmission, and bits I could...

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